[KokuRadio #9] We're not creeps! We're just shy... to talk about love

[@dagon7259]

Ngl but the best part of radios like this is when you just hear the staff dying out of laughter in the background. Its especially better when they laugh multiple times, loud, and laugh for a while.

[@theoverlordbear]

Those guys be some natural laugh tracks, alright, hahaha! XD

[@thelessercat]

It feels so ‘human’ and I love it

[@alcatrazvongola]

It's funny how their roles flip on the radio. Koga is more like the airheaded Chika and Kohara is more like the straightlaced Kaguya.

[@Elmithian]

I believe their bust size is reversed as well?

[@Pingeel]

@@Elmithian Yikes

[@THETRIVIALTHINGS]

@@Elmithian Woah there man of culture! You got any proof of that claim?

[@Elmithian]

@@THETRIVIALTHINGS They are both well known voice actors, you can literally just Google their names... I think? Been a year since my comment so I can't remember how I knew. ^_^,

[@THETRIVIALTHINGS]

@@Elmithian It was a joke. Asking for "proof", if you know what I mean? :)

[@Kelavarus]

As much as I love everything about this radio, I think possibly what makes me laugh most is the subtitle: SW: LOLOL The scriptwriter laughing gets me in tears every time!

[@AnemoneEdy]

The way the mails cover for each other after one another flows so naturally lol

[@koemonogatarisubs]

Yuu yan is great at what he does 😂

[@crash0ntube]

Script writer does what he's best at

[@xXraix]

Sasuga scriptwriter-san

[@We_Cry]

@@koemonogatarisubs Yuu Yan ?

[@koemonogatarisubs]

@@We_Cry? Yuu yan is the nickname of the scriptwriter on the show.

[@Alex-md5tb]

11:58 when Aoi-chan says: Stop with all these mails!/もやめて (Mo yamete) she sounds just like in the anime in the star-gazing arc lmaoo she’s so fucking cute 😭

[@MyAdam4321]

Them: We're just shy... to talk about love Us: and we don't have any experience or we're all just Hikigaya Hachimans

[@meowbium1785]

That last one made me exhale rapidly through my nose

[@CharDhue]

Unlike u, hikigaya have a chance with harem

[@MyAdam4321]

@@CharDhue now don't you go on to wataru watari's side. Come back here with us to the dark side

[@ilyaakadishtungha7337]

I'm the fake Hikigaya. You know, the one with the fucked up teeth so yeah...no chance lmao

[@THETRIVIALTHINGS]

@@ilyaakadishtungha7337 That was Handa. From Handa-Kun. Hikki is from Oregairu.

[@uugghhh_]

11:17 DORO! MONSTA KAADO!

[@WhisperingAila]

I dunno how I stumbled onto this, but these are really funny and enjoyable, and they help with practicing listening to Japanese. I can make out some common words and phrases here and there, but I'm still learning to comprehend what's spoken, let alone trying to write it and speak it myself, but I think this is a nice way to practice and it's really fun! Also, I'm really shy as well, so I try to work around having to talk to people, but I don't think I'd go that far. Maybe I should try making a meringue as well? Would that teach me to be less shy by just pushing through the difficulty? A-ny-way, I had lots of good laughs from this one, and can't wait to start listening to more.

[@LostInTheClouds]

I fully realise that this is about 9 months late, however I wanted to welcome you to the community. I've learned almost all the Japanese I know by watching subtitled things and comparing the subtitles to the spoken word and am approaching fluency, so I am proof enough that this is a viable method. Be that as it may, supplementary resources grant an immense bonus to efficiency so I shall leave a few that have been useful to me over the years here. It's dangerous to go alone, take this: WaniKani is a site for learning kanji, it utilises mnemonics and repetition to drill each character into your brain. you can try the first three levels for free: www.wanikani.com/ Use Kanjitomo if you just want to read something without knowing the characters or opening up a dictionary every 3 characters. As long as you have it open it will attempt to read anything your mouse touches as kanji and will give you the readings and english translation: www.kanjitomo.net/ Tofugu has articles geared towards Japanese learners that discuss everything from grammar to travel opportunities. The best article there, in my humble opinion, is about learning hiragana: www.tofugu.com/japanese/learn-hiragana/ Stay curious and don't be afraid to ask questions.

[@aperture0]

@@LostInTheClouds I want to learn Japanese too. There are way too many resources and I'm getting confused because of this. How should I start?

[@saceurai6629]

@@aperture0 I definitely recommend a method called "shadowing". I've never seen this one getting recommended on the internet for Japanese learners, so might as well share it. I'm a university student, studying in Foreign Language Research Department: Japanese section, and this method is used in our simultaneous interpretation class. So you basically hear a clip, and try to say it right as you hear it. It doesn't have to be right at first. First focus on your timing. Second focus on your short term memorizing, as new words will flow out while you're hearing and saying the word, so your brain sometimes won't register the new word being said, so try to catch as many words as you can while saying the word being said. (you don't have to know the word, just imitate) Next focus on the intonations. Japanese relies heavily on intonations as some sentences end in an abrupt way, where it's grammatically wrong, but it's used by every one. So to differentiate statement, questions, warning etc, Japanese language needs intonations the most. So try to mimic the way the person speaking shifts their tone upwards or downwards etc. Then by the time you can perform "shadowing" with around half a second delay (it's required for us to hit that 0.5 seconds delay maximum get a grade for this class ;-; thank god it can be in any other language) you'll probably have learned some grammars and words (considering you've been actually studying other stuffs than shadowing too) to actually start to understand words being said, or complete a sentence by yourself and speak to a person. Now combine all those grammars and vocabularies with shadowing, and boom you can speak. Your speech will be just flowing without you even consciously thinking about what next word to say or what grammar should be used. It also makes your pronunciation perfect BTW. (not 100% tho. Not all languages have language system that fully develops the muscle of your face, tongue, throat and vocal chords to make it be usable for other languages instantly) The key to learning language is to trick your brain into make it think in the language you're learning. So you won't lose time by translating the language in your native language, understands the message, thinks about the answer, translate it back and say. Key to trick your brain into this is shadowing and always try to think in the language you're learning. Especially the trivial thoughts like "Guess I'll go home now" or "Should I drink a water or soda?" etc. It doesn't have to be correct, both grammatically. Just think. You'll just need some words to visualize it into your mind so yeah. Much better than stuttering when you're actually talking :) GL on the study :)

[@saceurai6629]

@@aperture0 As for studying material, I've personally learned from and teached using the book called "Minna no Nihongo" (a book every Japanese learner knows). But the thing is, it won't prepare you for daily life speaking. But it will hone your grammar knowledge a lot. I recommend the grammar book with exercise book and also the teacher's manual. It's on Google as a PDF, you can find it with some Google searching. As for vocabulary, I assume you watch a lot of anime, so you'll be much quicker to memorize words. Or you've already have but just doesn't know the meaning to put it in use. Since we hear it all the time when watching anime, the words are being stored into our brain unconsciously, almost like becoming an instinct-like thing, a dam that is just waiting to be broken down by the translations of those stored words. So yeah, GL :) I've watched anime for 3 years before actually learning it, and 6 months after I started, I already was speaking with Japanese tourists, telling them the way, or show around if I was free etc. So yeah :) You'll be much quicker than normal students, since your legs are already knee deep in it. Keep on going brudah :3

[@aperture0]

@@saceurai6629 That's definitely a great tip. I'll definitely use it

[@Sipphe]

Small correction on the pure girl senryu (around 3:20) : It's not the girl who wants to be verbally abused and stepped on, but the sender that wants to be verbally abused and stepped on *by a pure girl*. That's how it feels like at least.

[@koemonogatarisubs]

That's what I thought too, from the way it was worded. But the explanation from the listener afterwards about the girl who says something like this despite that not being her character, convinced me that it was actually meant to be worded like this "ピュアな子に(言われた) rather than に alone. The following conversation made more sense when it's worded out like that, so I changed that.

[@bentaro9743]

@@koemonogatarisubs In this case the op is correct tho. When they talk about girls who seem like they wouldn't say "such things", "such things" refer to abusive comments, not wanting to be abused.

[@blairbird8022]

12:21 Nekoheikou-san lives on.

[@aerozchris7635]

05:55 OK HE MADE MY DAY

[@sanderh4600]

Loving these videos 5:02 That high-tone tho

[@daring1434]

I cant get enough of these. Thanks so much

[@FSenseii]

I like ao and koko's small expressions like 'um' or 'ne'. Lmao

[@fakhriarmaida4914]

11:17 cure depression very blessing 11:57 also

[@halc23]

Shining Wizard is my spirit animal. I actually also thought of doing that but I'm still in the borderline... yeaaaa... I'm shyyy...

[@Mustardear]

Time to make a meringue lol

[@weebman9762]

Me: wiener Shinomiya: *laughs* Me: Does it mean i have a chance???

[@seiranayamihiko0014]

Ms. Koga literally sounded like Ms. Shinomiya but for Ms. Kohara, she might really have put an effort to produce Ms. Fujiwara’s voice - though I don’t mean it in a rude way; I’m a big fan of hers actually. One thing funny I noticed in them his radio show is that the roles (VP and secretary respectively) seems reversed, ha ha!

[@s.c4n618]

SW for the MVP

[@THETRIVIALTHINGS]

She didn't deny that she dislikes it. That guy has her figured out.

[@LucasRazorBlade]

6:41 You sure know a lot about that... xD

[@freshmango2719]

i get it

[@LucasRazorBlade]

@@freshmango2719 Your profile picture is cute!

[@freshmango2719]

@@LucasRazorBlade OwO

[@Omnimegas]

will he get extra points for actually making the meringue and sending a photo in

[@penwhale]

For what it's worth, the 11:22 mark Japanese for Life is typo'd (needs to be ライフ, not ライブ)

[@koemonogatarisubs]

Oops 😅

[@forcexjr1566]

Isn’t there any “normal” mail for once? 🤣

[@We_Cry]

What are you saying, every mails is "normal". 😏

[@AZShoTime97]

Shining Wizard?? SW??? Script Writer????!!!! I've noticed something incredible.

[@ThatRandomLegend]

I lost hope a long time ago

[@darkheartnews2243]

6:04 guugle arse de

[@yeetme8170]

KABE-DOWNNNN

[@HH-eu1dz]

My god the title sounds like a manga/light novel......

[@opejyr777]

Dark side of our fan boys

[@にゃんこ先生-l7d]

アニメ2期決定！

[@vanitash17]

12:18 which episode is this?

[@koemonogatarisubs]

Episode 7. I subbed it, it's the nekoheikoh episode.

[@RiffZ4]

Is there a place that we can hear this?

[@nathan24-_-2]

It’s weird to think that Kohara is the one who voices Chika

[@cwheels01]

Not just the voice alone, but also the Stark contrast in character. That just goes to show that she's talented though!

[@thanglongnguyenvu3815]

What if Shining Wizard was a girl. Now that would be something

[@TheMadness5150]

Where can i find those asobi asobase radios?

[@koemonogatarisubs]

It's on Onsen if you have the premium supporter status. Otherwise you can find it on bilibili (unsubbed) S: あそびあそばせらじお

[@kelvinwong7249]

Do you know when this radio is ending?

[@koemonogatarisubs]

Nothing announced yet, but next week's episode (#18) will be the last of the heisei era. Reiwa Era will kick off a new radio with a new format, I guess.

[@Redpoppy80]

I don't know. I go woman to woman. Some of them are open perverts! I almost never use dirty jokes so it catches me off guard when someone starts using dirty jokes. Oh, by the way, every woman I know who is an open pervert is already taken. I need to get more aggressive in my love life.

[@ShiroiYuki.]

where can I listen to these -they don't have to be translated-

[@koemonogatarisubs]

Check out the onsen link in the description for the latest episode. Otherwise, bilibili is your answer.

[@RZDVR]

HANASE

[@nathan24-_-2]

I keep thinking they were referencing the anime Shimoneta

[@reveriesend4668]

And this is why Koko-chan is still single

[@rohitaug]

What are you referring to?

[@gamrage]

Is this what men in Japan are like?

[@velfare]

Yup experienced from working with them for 6yrs..

[@rthan1996]

Zero dislike so far, this' actually the first time i see a video with 0 dislike

[@divingradish]

just like Koko-chan's HP

[@rthan1996]

@@divingradish indeed, LOL somebody need to gift her stress relieving stuff

[@s34n2]

Ayy lmao